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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 2140426, member: 4920&quot;]That&#039;s a good observation. Market grading has a lot to do with that. Back in the day when we were just technical grading tarnish was somewhat of a handicap in that it obscured the condition-call on the grade. There are some who even referred to it as &quot;damage.&quot; We didn&#039;t like dipped coins, either, although, in a lot of the cases, that wasn&#039;t easy to discern. That&#039;s not to say there weren&#039;t the &quot;cooks&quot; back then who collected tarnish, and the dealers who saw the niche market in that, just not like today. Today, with &quot;eye appeal,&quot; the dumbed-down market grading standard, the emphasis, naturally, is on &quot;pretty,&quot; over condition. I don&#039;t see that changing. There&#039;s much too much fast money in it, all around, is why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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